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HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

HIGH SCHOOL LlffPublished Weekly by Harbor Springs Hgh School

Editor-in Chief Charles BeckonBusin ess \Manager Lester Stanto nAss't Ed itor E arl DeLaVergneAss't Edito r Olli e BackusAth let ic Editor ij,obert SwiftJoke Ed ito r Rol and Ta ylorTH E DAYS I WOULDLIKE TO LIVE OVER

By Dr . Frank CraneTher e is no tim e of my life I would

r a th er live over than my school da ys.It ma y in te t;est boys and g irls toknow how I, fifty years old an d over,having had a ll sorts of experience ,would feel about going to schoo l , ifI wer e you ng again:I wou ld sur ely go to schoo l, becau seschoo l is th e bes t place in w1hich topass on e 's youth. No matter how gr eata chance to make money a boy mayhav e, he will ma ke more money in thelong ru n if be has a good .schooling .No matter -lh ow good an opportunity agir l may have to ge t married, she willmake. a be tt er wif e an d mo ther, andbe ha ppi er if sh e has an edu cation.Th ere is .'mo re an d bett er fun to behad in s c:hool than anywh ere else during th e age betw een si x and twentyone.You ar e mu ch mo re li kely to mee tth e best kind of people with whom toform lifelong f ri end ships in schoolthan elsewh ere.tSchools a re no t perfe ct , bu t tJheyare th e best institutions that existfor -boy s .an d gil,ls .Th ey ar e th e fines t product of civiliza tion , th e bestr esul t of evolu tion . Tim e s pent in school is no t wasted.You lose no thi ng by ta king pains tosharp en your ax. . . .In school you get in tou ch 1Wibh th epa st. .Th e hu man race has ex ist ed along whil e. At school you ge t the benefi t of its ac cumu la ted exper ience . Youstand .on you r for efa ther 's shoulder sa nd do no t ha ve to tr y exp erim entst11ey ha ve tr jed ov er and over.At school you acq uir e your inhe rita nce from the wisdom of th e past,wh ich is 'better than inh eriting a million dolla rs from your fath er.At school you lea rn to lov-e an d touse books , and from books hav e com eth e bes t efficiency and enjoyment ofmy li fe.At school you learn what is bes t ofall , how to form good tastes . Th e most

ma rked difference between a cu ltu r edperson and a vu lga r one is th e kin dof things they li ke.At schoo l you lear n how to nse yomr iches so a s to ge t r ea l sa t isfaction,if you ar e to be r ich ; also, if you ar eto be poor , \how to have a fu ll andha ppy life in sp ite of i t.

At school you r ub off th e sha rpcorners of your personali ty ; youlearn hmv to be agr eeab le, ho1v to getalong wi th folks, an d how to ,pl:iy th egame of life wit h th e most enjoyment .Of a ll tJhe men and women I have!mown, not one of th em wa s ever sorry for going to schoo l an d every on e

who for an y r eason had misse d an educat ion r eg re tted it .I f you have par ent s that will se ndyou to schoo l you are fortunate, andthr ice for tun at e if you ha ve toyour way thr ugh sob ool by your ownexertions.To sa y th at you would li ke to go toschool if you wer e able is non sense.Any boy can ge t an -education if heuesir es it enou gh. Any gi rl can ge tschooling if she is sufficientl y deter-mi ned. Of a ll th e fools that roam the ea r t!hthe on e th at wea r s t he bl ue r ibbon isth e bigges t fool of a ll is the boy whowill no t go to schoo l because he 1VIant sto go into business . His only competito r for first pri ze is tJhe gir l wholeaves sch ool to ge t ma rr ied.

THIHD GRADE NEWSTh e following pupils in th e th irdgr ade were neith er ta rd y no r absent

during th e se cond month of school :Ma rguer ite Adams, Rub y Allen, Dua ne Baker , R;oy Bradley, Ir ene Bri e:ker, Edith Burton, Virginia Canada,E velyn Clock lin, William Corey, J osep hi ne Dav is, Robert DeLaVergne,Audrey -Freeland, Phillip Hul e tt, Ceci lia Johns-on, Yvonn e Kindig, VietorLane, J anet 1Scalf, John Viva nt, Sta nley, Wa gley , \Vard , Dor othyWh ea ton .Irene Bricker an d Helen Faunce didno t miss- any spelling WJo r ds du ri ngth e second month of school.

Lif e is a jes t, and all things show it ,I though t so on ce and now I kn ow it ."Will you buy me an ice cream

sunda e?""I rea lly don't thi nk I' ll . be hereSunday.' '

HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

22nd ANNUAL STAUBOYS' CON HRtNCtTo Be He ld In Ann A rbo r Novembe r

30 to Dec em ber 2A year ago a ver y successful conence wa s held at .Battle \_,reek in th eM. E chu rch. Twelve hundred of thelead ers among boys of .Michi gan 1wereat thi s conf erence . Th e con ferencetheme was "Christian F ellowshi p"and many in sp iring tal ks wer e giv enon the phase s of th e topic. One especially by Pr esident Allan Hob en , ofKalama zoo College: After his speecha ri sing vot e was given to nav e himas a spea ker of the con ference atPo 1t Huron H owever th is waschange d to Ann Arb or .T his year Ann Arbor can acc omodat e fifteen hupdre d, whi ch is manymo re tha n at tended the conf er encelast yea r. Let' s derive far mo re goodth en.T his confer ence is no t -a money ma king proposition for. anyon e. Th epu r pos e is to bri ng toge th er a ll theolder of th e lower penin su la(ag es from 16-20) r epr esenting everyorga ni zat ion engag ed in con s tructiv e.work amon g boys Life-wor k a nd life problems a r e discuss ed, a nd manygrea t in spir at ion s a r e re ceiv ed fromstr ong and effec tive speaker s of no te .Th e m:tin objec t is to hear and heedth e cha llenge to a l'ife of lar gest service in th e hom e, chur ch, school,com munit y, na tion, and t he wor ld .Th e con fe r ence th eme is to be"The Unity of LHe ._' Th ink of th ewond erfu l in spiring talk s th a t will begive n on the di ffer ent phases of asnb.iect lik e that ! A few of the ta lkswill be given on such to pics as : "Belonging Toge ther;" "T he Unified Progr am ;" "'Hanging Toget her ;" "Sepa rat ely; " "Th e Wor ld Fa mily ;" " Seein ?;Li fe Whol e ;" and "Th e Uni ty of

Li fe."Among th e many spea kers, her ear e a few at' the im portant ones : E.C. Wol cott , vice -pr es ident of thePr o tecti-ve Insur ance C -o.,wh o is in demand as a spe aker to Olrl er Boys; Allan Hoben , pres ident ofth e Ka lamazoo Coll ege, an outsta nding spea ker a t the Bat tle Cr eek confe r ence las t yea r ; Dr . D. S . Ri ce, ofMetr opolitan Meth.odi st chur ch, Det roit . Hi s las t appearance . in Michiga n was at Bay City Con ference(1917) . He has been a spea ker a t

Sta t e Old er Boys' Con fere nce in other sta tes fJJr many year s-; HarryWhite, of Ind ia, and Foreign Depar tmen t, In tern a tional Committee, Y. M.C. A., and some leading un iver sitystud en ts 1\Vill a ppea r on th e program .Fea tur ing th e confe r ence will be thegroup dinner s and discu ss ion s,. th egr ea test fea tu re of las t yea r s conference a t Ba t tl e Cre ek. Another even twill be th e great Con fer ence Pa rad ea nd the sight -see ing tr ips . Th ink ofhaving a picture of fif teen hu ndr edboys t aken at once !Nea rl y tw en ty thousand Older Boysha,ve at t end ed to da te . At t he conferen ce in Ann Arbor in 1914 th ere weretw enty-two hu ndre d_ boys. Thi s yearonl y 1500 boys will be prese nt. Inthi s way the peo ple of Ann Ar borw:ll be mo re ab le to tak e car e of thebJ ys than ev en bef ore.Th e following boys will aUend theconvention r epr esenting .their r es pec t ive organiza tion s :Roland Taylor Hi gh SchoolLeon vVoodruff High .School\Villa rd Cor nell High SchoolGordon Wil cox Boys ' Hi -YGer ald Wh eeler M. E. Sun . SchoolCharles L. Beckon E pwor th LeagueChester Ma r ti ndaleEa r l DeLaVerg ne

TH E CLASS OF '23The cla ss of '23 an d their res pect ive ocupat ions may be found at theplaces lis ted below:Theodo re Blackm an-laboror cityCa :-o Glasg ow- School of MusicNort hwe ster n . University, Evan ston, Ill .Cec il Will is , Schoo l of Nurs es, AnnAr borLu cile Armstrong (.Mr s. H enr y Sp er. beck ) Lan sing , .Michiga n.J ohn Ames , Sa lesman, La ns ing, Mich .Leona Hill , Home E cono mics Dep't.,M . A. C., E as t Lansin g , Mich.Lloyd F isher , labore r , Lansing, Mich.Bon nie Campb ell , Applied Science, M.A. C., E ast Lansing, Mich.George Tay lor labore r , ci tyGord on vVilson, labo rer , Lansing ,Mich.Paul Wh aley , Forestr y Dep' t., M. A.C., East La nsing, Mich .Howard Adams , Agr-icultur e, M. A. C.,Ea s t La nsing.Fr ances Li nehan, Kinderga r te nCours e, Western Sta te Normal, Kalamazoo , ,Mich.Orva l Rose, laborer , Lans ing, Mic h.

Luc ile Lamb , H ar bor S:pr in gs, Mich ,

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The high school boys of the Methodist church held their election of officei'S Sunday evening. Previo1,1sly inthe week a gettogethe r game supperwas held to get back the old bunch.We did too! Sunday, there were thirteen boys present, including Mr . Wilcox and Mr. Harrell. Onr teachersare boys too, you know . We, at leastlike to consider them as one